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Welcome to the Hutchinson Bottle Directory
portal to the Hutchinson bottle database, the heart of HutchBook.com!
Gathering data to build and open this huge database to the public
was over 36 years in the making. In addition to acknowledging
those of us who have worked on this initiative since its founding by Joe
Nagy in 1976, we extend a major THANK YOU to the Hutchinson Specialists,
Hutchinson Bottle Collectors' Association members, and all others who have contributed time, energy,
and bottle data to bring this dream to fruition. The significant contributions of Tod von Mechow, founder of
www.SodasAndBeers.com, are
particularly appreciated.
Besides providing a ton of bottle data, Tod designed and built the
Hutchinson Search engine, and is our go-to guy for all computer-related
issues. Thank you, Tod! Ron F.

Many conventional books are outdated before they complete the printing process
and the ink has dried. By comparison, HutchBook.com is
essentially a "live" book. Not only is site content constantly
changing, the HutchBook database is
continually updated! If you are seeking information about one or more of the
19,900+ Hutchinson bottles catalogued thus far, the Hutchinson Search page is
your doorway to
accessing the database. Here are brief descriptions and
links to each
of the user search options:

1. Hutchinson Search

Considerable time and energy has been devoted to
designing and building the "Hutchinson Search" front-end to our
very powerful search engine. Click the link directly below this paragraph
to navigate to
the Hutchinson Search page. Key data into one or more of
the search fields and/or select from
the numerous dialog boxes, click the "Find Hutchinsons" button, and the
requested information will be returned:

We are continually refining the Hutchinson Bottle Directory data guidelines in order to constantly
increase and improve
the quantity and quality of information
being catalogued. Here are detailed definitions of the substantial
quantity of data
we are gathering about each Hutchinson bottle:

The Hutchinson Search field labels are
important clues to the highly-detailed information contained in the database.
The labels were designed to be self-explanatory, but if you desire additional details, here is a link to a page designed to help
you
better understand how to use the "Hutchinson Search" page:

2. Hutchinson Lists

The Hutchinson Lists page provides quick access to pre-defined,
printable, .pdf lists of Hutchinson bottles from each country, state,
territory, and province. The Hutchinson Lists are a
convenient way to inventory a collection, and a handy reference when
attending bottle shows and sales, and visiting antiques shops.

Reminder: the Hutchinson Lists are "snapshots" of the
HutchBook.com database as of a specific date and only updated
periodically. They do NOT include the bottle images. To
view the most current data and bottle images (the database is updated
daily), navigate to the Hutchinson
Search page and search on the country, state, territory, or province of
interest.

3. Mavericks

Hutchinson bottles that do not bear embossed city,
state, province, or country names are referred to as "mavericks."
During the process of gathering data for the Hutchinson Bottle Directory
we have confirmed the origin of well over 500 maverick bottles. Identified mavericks have been assigned to their correct
city, state, province, and/or country in the master database. Keying a
maverick bottle's embossing into the "Primary Name" field or the
appropriate "Embossing" field on the "Hutchinson Search" page and
clicking the "Find Hutchinsons" button will return information about
that bottle if it has been catalogued. The "Mavericks" link
posted below will return a list of those Hutchinson bottles
whose origin has yet to be determined. The list includes the
bottles previously displayed on the "Unknown Maverick Hutchinsons" page,
plus several Mexican Hutchinsons from unknown cities. Please
EMail us at
HutchBook@yahoo.com if you
can provide information about any of these yet-to-be-identified bottles:

4. New Listings

The Hutchinson Bottle
Directory database is continually updated by adding newly identified bottles and additional
information about existing listings, making corrections, etc. This
page presents a dated list of all changes, plus a convenient way to
download printable lists detailing those changes:

We are intentionally
not tracking or cataloguing dollar values.
They are too dependent on the condition of individual bottles, and cataloguing 19,900+ bottles is
more than challenging enough;

We are not a source for historical information
about specific bottlers. A good place to start your own research
process is by contacting historical societies,
public libraries, and/or collectors in the area where the bottler
was located;

We do not have
any bottles for sale or
trade; and

We do not
entertain telephone
inquiries due to calls at oh-dark-thirty from people who
don't understand the concept of time zones.

If you need to communicate with us, please click this
Contact Us link, or the Contact Us button in the navigation panel
located in the left hand margin of all HutchBook pages.

The accompanying e-form is the initial step
toward automating submission of new and/or corrected bottle data for the
Hutchinson Bottle Directory. Clicking on the page link
posted below opens a HutchBook Bottle Data Submittal Form in a separate
window. While we are working on facilitating fully electronic
submissions, please key data directly into the form (tab from
field-to-field), print the form, and either send the completed form to our snail mail
address, or scan and EMail the form to our EMail address: